Improvement in car-brakes



LATCHER & POWELL.

Car Brake.

No. 45,617. Patented Dec. 27, 1864.

Witnesses= Inventor. g g w J/7M j UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN W. LATOHER AND WILLIAM J.- POVVELL, OF AMSTERDAM, NEW YORK.

lM PROVEMENT IN CAR-BRAKES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 45,6 I 7, dated December 27, 1864.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, JOHN W. LAToHER' and WILLIAM J. POWELL, of Amsterdam, county ofMontgomery, and StateofNew York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Railroad Oar Brakes; and we do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the construction and operation of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making apart of this specification, in which Figure l exhibits a side elevation of a cartruck, showingthe mannerin which the brakeshoes are sustained in their proper position. Fig. 2 is difl'erent views of the sustainingbraeket; Fig. 3, the shoe-case; Fig. 4, shoe made of Wood or iron, to be replaced when much worn. Fig. 5 are views of the brakebeams; Fig. 6,s'piral spring, &c., which throws the shoeback from the wheels when the power is removed fromthe brake.

The object of this improvement is to secure g eater safety by the arrangement of suspendin g the brakes on substantial brackets or guides, so as to admit of the sliding or reciprocating motion of the brakes, and at the same time answering the purpose of preventing the brakes from falling upon the track in case some of its other parts should give out.

A represents the bracket, which has a suitable bearing or guideway for the brake B to slide over it through the mortise a. The said mortise or 100p may be formed separately and then secured to the brake by means of bolts, 850.; but we prefer this way, as there is no joint to get loose by the jar and strain onthe shoes.

The spiral spring, Fig. 6, is placed on theround stem 1) of the bracket A, and presses against the brake B so as to force it back from the wheel, as shown in Fig. 1 at c.

The object attained by means of bracket or guide A, brake B, mortise a, stem b, and 7 spring 0 is to have the brake-shoes d recede from the wheels uniformly when the power is removed.

The guidesA are secured to beam,Fig. 5, by means of bolts, &c., as represented.

The shoes, Fig. 4, can be replaced whenever much Worn. 7

What we claim as our improvement, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The arrangement ot'suspending or hanging brakes by means of ways or guides in the manner substantially as shown and described, and for the purpose specified.

2. In combination with the stationary guide A, brake B, rod or stem b, and spring 0, operating as set forth.

J. W. LATGHER. W. J. POWELL.

Witnesses:

S. B. HOFFMAN, J. G. BIRNEY Plums. 

